Nadine Dorries caused the nation to do a collective spit-take when she claimed WiFi problems were behind chancellor Rishi Sunak being slower to send a message of support of Boris Johnson than other ministers, after the PM apologised for attending a lockdown party.
It comes after Johnson admitted he was one of the attendees of a garden party in May 2020, which was organised by his principal private secretary, Martin Reynolds. A leaked email to
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